Three ordinary differential equations are proposed to model the dynamics of love between Petrarch, a celebrated Italian poet of the 14th century, and Laura, a beautiful but married lady. The equations are nonlinear but can be studied through the singular perturbation approach if the inspiration of the poet is assumed to have very slow dynamics. In such a case, explicit conditions are found in t...

This article brings Petrarch’s (1304–74) lyric poetry into dialogue with Barthes’s notion of “idiorrythmie” (idiorrhythmy) as outlined in his lecture course Comment vivre ensemble (How to Live Together). It explores both the idiorrhythmic aspects Petrarchan desire and traits utterance through which they are expressed, a focus on canzone 126 Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Fragments Vernacular Things...

Affinché la descrizione di opere d’arte potesse trovare spazio nell’ambito della lirica moderna era necessario andare oltre il primato classicistico poesia sulla pittura e riconoscere un’affinità un’intesa paritaria fra arti sorelle. Con le Rime nuove del 1603 poeta Cesare Rinaldi, amico dei Carracci Guido Reni, inaugura una nuova possibilità dialogo tra su base soggettiva, ponendo al centro qu...